I DON’T really have many complaints in life especially that I am past fifty now.
I think I did very well adapting, and overcoming obstacles thrown at me.
Whatever struggles I have had, they all developed my character, and defined me.
They have made me determined, strong, and ultimately successful in all the careers I’ve chosen.
The thing with me is that I already understood that I wasn’t cut out for just one career.
I wanted to live several lives, to have seen it all.
I have had a life as a missionary, a hermit, a teacher, a social worker, a medical-surgical-orthopedic nurse, a mental health jail nurse, a newspaper writer, a poet, a playwright, a fictionist, a social media influencer, a stand up performer, a filmmaker, an actor, a poster boy.
I loved everything that ever happened to me.
Including getting married with the same sex, and becoming a young widower.
I loved everything in my life so far that if I could choose my own life obstacles, I would keep the ones I have had.
Right now, I’m still up for more sex, and more relationships.
I feel I have not gotten enough of those.
But I also see that, in general, I am luckier, and happier, than most.
So I really can’t complain.
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My ideal life in five years would include a small house on a hill.
Yes, I already have a three-storey Casa Dom Pedro, which I really want to operate as a hotel; or, at least, as an apartelle.
But that’s my retirement investment.
I still have a few real estate properties.
My most favorite of which is the 1.8-hectare farm with a hill in Dumangas.
I want to convert it into an inland resort.
Just because that’s what the neighbors are doing with their properties.
But they have swimming pools.
I just want a garden.
I’m still not sure whether I should pursue vegetables and fruit trees.
I mean, that would be more sensitive to our food shortage situation.
But I also like the idea of just growing flowers.
For their sheer beauty.
We all need a place of natural beauty in this increasingly urbanized world.
If these plans work out for me in five years, I’ll probably just continue doing them in ten, and even twenty, years.
If not, I’ll probably just sell most of my properties, and just roam the planet with several young, replaceable boyfriends.
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I’m still drawn to superheroes.
So,
if I could have tea with one fictional character, I’m pretty sure I want it to
be with Superman.
I’d prefer Superman to be more updated though.
I mean, it’s tea!
What could be more gay than tea with Superman?
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My life sounds pretty boring because I’m pretty content and satisfied after I became I widower at forty-five.
I got almost everything covered.
I have good friends near and far.
I have great sex with pretty regular f*ck buddies.
I want them to be more regular, and exclusive, but because it doesn’t happen that way, I just deal with what I can have.
If I had an extra $100 to spend on myself every week, I would probably splurge on weekly massages and/or body spa.
But if I can spend it on others, I’ll probably do soup kitchen for the homeless. (500tinaga@gmail.com/PN)
